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B«raw*IL 8. C-TlarxU<. SUCH IS LIFE—Companions in Distress 7;^ juniOR, sou omt GO SWIMMIHG IH 1NIS HEAT By CHARLES SUGHROE | gaskets of Lace v Far Chair Set Isn't It cxcitinf to think ttiot with jour own crochot hook joa can fashion a chair or buffet set as lovely and practical as thir basket design? A bit of string helps do the trick, giving it dura bility beyond compare. Even a beginner can do this simple fllet 200 Million U. S. Stake in Philippine Islands America’s Financial Invest ment Shown in Survey. San Francisco, Calif.—America’s financial investment in the Philip pines now totals approximately $200,000,000, according td a survey by the Institute of Pacific Relations. The figure is somewhat below that of $258,000,000 which was prepared by the bureau of insular affairs in 1932 and which has since been cur rently used in discussions relative to America’s interests in the islands. 'Hie present figure, the institute said, is one that has considerable importance in view of the negotia tions now under way for establish ing the future status between the United States and the Philippines. The institute found the American investments in the Philippines were BEACH OUTFIT The Dirndl drvu inspired this beech outfit. It is made of s multi colored printed cotton end has a short play suit under the separate Ue-around skirt. This skirt can be worn as a shoulder cape. far below British investments in the Malay peninsula or the Dutch stake in the Cast Indies. In addition, they constituted less than S per cent of the total of American investments abroad, according to the institute. They are also Just about on a par with American investments in China and Japan, when allowance is made for heavy repurchases by Japanese investors of Japanese bonds issued in the United States. Comparable to Chins. In general character, the institute found, the American investments in the Philippines are about the same as those in Chins. The total in each country is made up largely of di rect investments in business enter prises, many of which are owned by resident Americans. In both coun tries, too, a large part is directly or indirectly associated with American trade. The institute found that in recent years there have been at least two important shifts in the character of American investments in the Phil ippines. The first has been a reduction In the par value of government bonds held by Americans In 1930 this to taled $85,000,000. By 1931 the out standing indebtedness of the com monwealth had been reduced to $48,700,000, of which only $31,100,000 was held by Americans. The second noteworthy change, the institute said, is the increasing investment in Philippine mining en terprises. Such investments at pres ent are estimated at $37,900,000. Mining Industry. The sudden development of the mining industry in the Philippines has been found due to the increased price for gold, elthough iron end chromium are other important Phil ippine metallic industries. Since 1932 the gold output in the islands has tripled in value, the number of gold mines has been greatly increased, and the specula tive wave of gold mining stocks gives the islands all the atmosphere of an old-time gold rush boom. The Filipinoe, according to the In stitute, intend to nee their gold mines end rich deposits of chrom ite as a bargaining power for de sired trade relations with the Uailed States. Other American investments in the islands spread through a wide range of enterprises such as public utilities, sugar refineries end plan tations, and merchandising gener ally. Alien Population of U. S. Found Smallest in Years Washington. — The alien pop ulation. estimated at about 4.2M,- 000 persona, is now the smallest since the early days of the Re public. It will beoome leas, say officials, as aliens hers become na turalised and new immigrants are debarred. At the turn of the century l.OOfi,- 000 aliens a year were coming In. Now the figure is less then 100.000, consisting chiefly of travelers or students on visits. No immigration quotas have been filled for many years. The decline tei number of aliens has been especially marked since the World war. In 1090 the alien population numbered 7,490,000 end by 1030 it was down to <,204,110. Current estimates show a further shrinkage of nearly one-third. Officials say that future immi gration may exceed the low figures of recent years, but that it is likely to be more than offset by emigra tion, naturalization and an increas ing death rate among aliens already here. AMAZE A MINUTE SC IE NT I FACTS BY ARNOLD Tall 7 giraffes/ Most giraffes ARE FIFTEEN FEET HIGH. But CERTAIN ONES REACH A HEIGHT OF 18 FEET. Smallpox stopped- Vaccinations- GIVE IMMUNITY FOR 7 TO IO YEARS, OR IF TWICE VAC CINATED, generally FOR UFE. VICARIOUS LIVING By LEONARD A. BARRETT Vicarious suffering is a virtue un known in the economic world. The creed of our mod ern materialism seems to be: "Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost.” The spirit of business frankly affirms that if you do not beat the other fellow, he will beat you. Men struggle to attain a fortune, but it cannot be said that they vicari ously suffer for that purpose. Those who themselves took the blame for grave mistakes of another were not outwitted in the struggle for ma terial success, but were voted fail ures. The old individualism em phasized the justice of the survival of the fittest. The weak must go to the wall in order that the strong may survive. The American Beau ty rose is an illustration of the proc ess of individualism of the past dec ade. All the buds are cut so that the strength of the plant may be ex pressed in e single rose. The re action against this spirit is at pres ent very pronounced. The demand is for a fair and unbiased oppor tunity for every person in the great life struggle, but vicarious living is still unknown. The same ruthless competition is evidenced in the world of social values. Those who HE'S THE CHAMP — Up end up they go as Wade Brown of Baltimore, lid., cham pion match - stacker, attempts to break his record of piling 8,000 matches on the neck of a bottle at the National Retail Tobacconists’ convention in New York. have endeavored seriously to climb the social ladder, and have socially failed in life, know all too well the tragedy of this experience. Vicarious living is found only in the realms of the affections. A man may have so great a love for his work that he is unconscious of physical needs like hunger or sleep. Often a scientist in research so com pletely substitutes his passion for truth for his own physical needs that it can be truly said: "He makes his work an expression of vicarious living.” The highest demonstration of vi carious living is found not in pur suit of truth or in efforts to realize a personal ambition, bat in the sim ple sacrificial love of a mother for her child. Self and substance are laid upon the altar of that child’s life; and no mere word nor magic fancy can debauch the power of that love, nor error check its steady flow. The spirit of motherhood asks for noth ing and gives all. The safety, se curity, and progress of her child is the sublime stronghold of every true mother’s heart. If not at the time, then in after years, children come to understand the meaning of vi carious living when they remember the deeds of a mother: deeds light ed with the spirit of a life lost in the life of her child: and found again in the orderly on-going of a better life. Love in the realms of the physical demands; love in the realms of the spiritual gives to the We find the color of w JfouseRofd Jfints J ' By BETTY WELLS y 7 M ABEL F. has asked us to help her plan her bedroom. The furniture is burl walnut in rather simple lines. She’s been thinking of having silver gray wall paper and wonders what spreads, dra peries, carpet and chair coverings she should use with it, providing we approve of the gray in the first place. Yes, indeed, we do like silver gray wall paper with walnut, providing it’s a sunny room, with a pattern x —^ S Mabel Wants Help in Planning Her Bedroom. of white flowers and maybe a whis per of yellow in the stamens. Gray woodwork the shade of the paper, a gray carpet, yellow organdie cur tains, spreads in yellow flowered chintz, the armchair in a plain gray linen slip cover with wide cot ton rope fringe dyed yellow to go around the bottom (or the flowered chintz for the oiair) would be our idea for this room. But here is another suggestion for a room with gray wall paper. Con sider the possibilities of petunia col ors with it. Pinks for the glass cur tains, spreads, in yellow flowered and a figured material lavender (a dress fabric perhaps) for the bed spreads, finished with wide pleated ruffiee in pink. Then a pink slip cover for the chair. But if the room is inclined to be dark, be cautious of gray walla, be cause they’ll tend to be gloomy. Pale peach walla give a very sunny effect, and they could be comple mented with silver and turquoise. Or pale acacia yellow is sunny for a wan and lovely with lavender. We saw a charming bedroom with walnut furniture that might also suggest an idea. This was a room with an alcove big enough for the bed. The main part of the room had walls in palest powder blue, while the alcove walla were done in a powdery plum color. Curtains of shimmering silvery white, cloo- ets lined in quilted chartreuse and many mirrors supplied splen diferous accent. • • • All of a Sommer's Day. "If we can't go to the shore for our vocation, the shore will Just have to come to us of a summer's day," announced Emmy decisively. "And I'm going to begin with table settings. . . mine will look as cool as a sea breeze and the menus will feature green salads and ice tea, for we’ll eat outdoors all we can.” / We made notes on her plan be cause it seemed so pleasant and so simple to work out. She went to the curtain department and bought yards and yards of fishnet, the wid est she could find. Then dyed each "cloth” a different color. A bright sea-green, a royal blue, a lovely dubonnet, and weighted the edges of the cloths with "floaters” (tho sort that Father used on the end of his fishing line when he was a boy). These come in many colors and white and it was effective to have the floaters in contrasting color to the cloths—bright red with the blue, blue with the sea-green and white with the dubonnet. Next she covered her table with a a white composition oil cloth table cloth. Then placed her fishnet cov ers over the white cloth and the had as pretty and cool a background for her summer dishes as her heart could desire. Of course, the main advantage of this type of covering is that the fishnet cloths in solid colors don't show the dirt and the under-cloth of white can be washed off with a cloth after each meal. The family will like the variety and the lady with Pattern 1437. crochet, the design set off in open stitch. Pattern 1437 contains charts and directions for making the set shown; material require ments, an illustration of all stitches used. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) for this pattern to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y. Please write your name, ad dress and pattern number plainly. HowboM # Nautical Anyway. ▼•*7 hanged on the hlghaat hill. mm love would follow me atUL carious living deep in the glow of a mother’s heart. •if I« I know whoee U I were drowned In the deepest ms. I know whose lean would come down to me. If I were damned of body and aoul, I know whoM prayers would make me whole. Mother o’ mine. O mother o’ mine I** © Western Newspaper Union. a house will like the appealing back ground that these clothe give to her dishes end silverware. And the ea with which these coven are kept in order, too. Msybe that doesn’t bring the a tual sound of the surf right to the door but it makes a summer supper seem very nautical anyway. I pecially if you turn the children knee with the garden hose. • By Setty W.Oa -WWU Sorrtew. My Neighbor Says := To remove peach stains from lin ens stretch the stain across a bowl and pour boiling water through it until the stain disappears. • • • The intestine on the beck of the lobster should always be removed. The whole lobster is good to set except the shell end crew, or stom ach, which lies between the eyes. • • • To remove grass stains from can vas shoes add a few drops of am monia to a teaspoon of peroxide of hydrogen and rub the stains with the mixture. Wash off with water. • • • When spraying garden flowers and vegetables it is important to reach the under part of the leaves as well as the top. Black spot spores usually develop on the under part of foliage. • © Associated Newspapers.—WNU Service irown flngar.—B r o w n sugar wffi not become lumpy if stored in an airtight Jar. should be cooked only until when tested with e fork. Too m cooking results in changsd © end an indigestible product. • • • as- l 1a _ Drowning Discmiu.—BiftCUlU oe given rich brown tope brushing the tops with e pn brush dippsd in milk betore \ ing them in the oven. • e e When Drawers Bhete.—B 1 a lead or black lead pencil on the edges of a drawer wi has become swollen from heat enable it to be quite easily. • • • Te Cleaa suction cleaner to from the inside of the piano, clean the keys with a soft c moistened with methylated sc Polish with a New Device for Undersea Work On exhibition at the National Inventors’ congress in New York is this self-navigating diving device invented by Emil Kulik of Brooklyn. The device resembles e deep-sea monster. Its principM feature is that a man in it will be able to work for long periods of time without help from the surface, owing to the oxygen tanks carried within. Mos that a diver is able to perform may be executed by two changeable arms that extend in front of tho apparatus and controlled from within the machine. The is 19 alL It u widest aac Finds Way •• Hava Young-Looklug Skin of SSI itato Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.—^ St Ignatius. K vtfTU&anrfltvL* UROtST MOROLINE sNcm-wmn pn*oum<itiu KILL ALL FUES DAISY FLY KILLER WNU—7 29—37 HELP KIDNEYS To Get lid of Add and Poisonous Waste Yew kUs£B hap to ta*pyw.wj Ym >Jite DoansPills